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NITED" STATES PATENT FRED H. DANIELS AND CLINTON s. MARSHALL, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHU- SETTs, ASSIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING BALE-TIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,9 53, dated July 3, 1900. Application filed February 19, 190d. Serial No. 5.746. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the grips and turn them back upon the tie- Be it known that we, FRED H. DANIELS and wires. The tie-wires and their bent ends are CLINTON S. MARSHALL, citizens of the United thenseized and held one at a time while the States, residing at Worcester, in the county corresponding grip is rotated, so as to Wrap of Worcester and State of' Massachusetts, or twist the two portions of the tie-wire to- 55 (whose post-office address is Worcester, Masgether and at thesarne time complete the sachusetts,) have inventedcertain 'new'an'd connection between the tie proper and the useful Machines for Making Bale-Ties, of grip.

which the following is a specification. Specifically, the operation of the several IO The invention relates to certain new and parts of the machine will appear as the de- 60 useful improvements in and relating to mascription proceeds.

chines for making bale-ties, and especially The entire machine is illustrated in the acto machines for making ties of the kind pat companying drawings, forming part of this ented to Fred H. Daniels, one of the applispecification, wherein v [5 cants herein, August 9, 1898, No. 608,840, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a front 65 wherein the tie-wire is provided with a sepaside view, of the complete machine. Fig. 3 is rate grip made of stouter wire bent in the a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. form of a loop with overlapping ends, the 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the roloop being united to the tie-wire by passing tary head and looper, showing the connection the latter through it and twisting the probetween the looper-spindle, the fork-slide, 7o jecting end of the tie-wire around the main and the head. Fig. 4 shows in section the portion. This has proved to be a very satislooper head and spindle and the jaws or dies factory form of tie; but there has heretofore for completing the grips and holding the tiebeen no machine devised for making it, and lwire'einds, the section being taken on line 4 4:

the prime Object of the present invention is of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the 75 to provide a practical machine of high power tie-wire magazine, taken on line 55 of Figs. 2 and speed for automatically performing the and 6. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the tieseveral operations of forming the grip, passwire magazine looking from the rear side of ing the end of the tie-wire through its loop, the machine in the direction of the arrow on bending the projecting end back upon the Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is an outer side elevation of 80 tie-wire, and twisting these portions of the the magazine, showing the hook for carrying tie-Wire together, thereby greatly reducing the tie-wire down to the looper and the spring the cost of manufacturing the ties and renholding it in the passage-way. Fig. 7 is ascedering their production on a large scale comtional detail on line 7 7 of Fig. 1 looking from mercially profitable. the rear sideof the machine. Figs. 8 and 9 85 The general operation of the machine is as are sectional details illustrating steps in the follows: Wire to form the grips is taken from formation of the grips, the latter showing the a conveniently-located roll and fed into the operation of the dies for Overlapping the ends machine and cut into lengths sufficient to of the looped wire to complete the grips. Fig.

form the grips. These cut lengths are then 10 is a detail illustrating the action of the jaw 90 bent in the middle around a former or manfor bending the end of the tie-wire prelimidrel until their ends are brought together and narily to its insertion through the loop forn1- overlapped, thereby forming a loop and coming the grip, as shown on Fig. 11, which latpleting the grip. The machine is provided ter view illustrates the action of bending the with a magazine for holding a supply of tieprojecting end of the tie-Wire back upon the 5 wires out into proper lengths, and the next main length of the wire. Fig. 12 isasectional step in the formation of the ties after makdetail showing a further step in the formaing the grips is to feed the tie-wires one at 3. tion of the tie and intended more particularly time from the magazine and after bending to show the jaws for gripping and holding the the ends to thread them through the loops of tie-wire while thelooper and grip are revolved IOO for the purpose of putting the twist in the ends of the tie-wires by means of which the grips are fastened to the wires. Figs. 13 to 16 are perspective views of the rotary head and the looper, showing the parts in different positions in the operation of forming the grips.

Referring to the views, A denotes the bedplate of the machine. It is of generally rectangular form, as best illustrated in Fig. 1, and has suitable projections for supporting the bearing-boxes of the shafting. This bedplate is supported in a horizontal position upon suitable legs or standards at the four corners. The main shaft of the machine is denoted by a. It is journaled underneath the bed-plate at one end of the machine and has a pulley b at one end by means of which it is rotated by power and at its other end is provided with a hand-wheel c for the purpose of turning the machine by hand when occasion requires. A pinion (Z on the shaft (0 drives the gear 6 and rotates the shaft f. At one end this shaft communicates motion by suitable miter-gears g to a shaft 7L, journaled in suitable boxes at the rear side of the machine, and having at its opposite end a similar miter-gear connection '5 with a shaftj, lying parallel with the shaft fat the opposite end of the machine. Motion is communicated from these three shafts to all the operative parts of the machine in a manner which will appear in detail as the description proceeds.

Beginning with the introduction into the machine of the wire out of which the grips are formed, Z and 7t denote suitable guiding and straightening rolls, through which a strand of wire passes from the coil located at any convenient point. From these rolls the wire passes into a feeder consisting of a block m, sliding in ways in the bed-plate and having pivoted to it a jaw n, which grips the wire against a fixed lug 0 and feeds the wire intermittently forward. The jaw n is connected, by means of a link 1), with the lever g, which is pivoted at its lower end to brackets on the bed-plate and has a roller 1' projecting laterally from its side into a cam-groove in the side face of the cam s, fastened on the shaft j. The lever q is oscillated by the rotation of the cam s and reciprocates the lever n and the block on back and forth, gripping the wire and feeding it forward and releasing it and going back to take a new hold in a manner well understood in this class of machines. The wire next passes through a tubular guide If, by means of which it is presented to the mechanism immediately concerned in the formation of the grips. This guide is carried in the front end of a slide it, working in suitable ways in the bed-plate, and reciprocated by the cam v on the shaft h into a groove in the side face of which plays a roller projecting laterally from the rear end of the slide. At the beginning of the operation guide t stands in the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, and as the wire is fed therethroughit passes over the face of a knife-plate w and its end abuts against a stop 00. When the wire strikes the stop, the guide if is moved rearwardly, its delivery end passing close to the knife w, and the portion of the wire extending between the guide end and the stop is cut off. The knife and stop are secured at diametrically-opposite points to a rotating head '1 which carries a mandrel or former z, extending radially therefrom and which at the time of feeding the wire stands perpendicularly thereto. The head y also carries a looper a, which reciprocates axially through the head and also revolves with it. The forward end of this looper is forked or provided with a V-shapcd groove, and the mandrel is of the same general shape in crosssection. At the time the wire is fed through the guide if the looper is withdrawn into the position indicated in Figs. 3 and 13, and the wire passes across the forked end of the looper and between it and the rear edge of the mandrel .2. Immediately after the cutting off of the length of the wire to form the grip the looper is thrust forward by means of the cam b on the shaft 7t into a groove in the side face of which fits a roller on the end of a slide 0, connected to the rear end'of the looper-spindle and workingin suitable ways in the bed-plate. The rear end of the looper-spindle is threaded, and suitable devices d are provided for adj ustingits connection with the front end of the slide 0, so as to accurately determine the extent of throw of the fork end of the looper. The mandrel projects into the path of movement of the looper, as shown in Fig. 3, and immediately that the length of wire necessary to form a grip is cut off the looper is thrust forward by the means just described into the position best indicated in Figs. 4 and 14:, thus bending the wire around the mandrel with itsends projecting,as shown in the several figu res. This is the first step in the formation of the loop, and at this point in the operation of the machine the projecting ends of the wire loop are gripped between oppositely-moving dies e e, which are connected by adjusting means f to slides g 5 working in suitable ways in the bed-plate. The slide 9 has at its outer end a roller h, which projects into a cam-groove in the side face of a cam i, secured on the shaft 1, and the slide g has a similar connection with a cam-groove in the side face of a cam j on the shaft j. These cams are so shaped and timed in their operation as to bring the dies 6 e together in line with the center of the looper a and on the opposite side of the mandrel from the looper, as best shown in Fig. 9, and the purpose of this is to complete the grip by closing the ends of the looped wire and overlapping them past each other, as explained in the aforesaid Daniels patent and as clearly represented in Figs. 9 and 12 herein. Up to this point in the operation of the machine the rotating head 7 has remained in the position indicated in Fig. 8 and there has been no rotation of the same or of the looper or mandrel, the grip being formed entirely by the bend- ICS IlO

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ing of the cut lengths of wire around the mandrel a by the described action of the looper ct and the dies 6 e. The next step in the operation of the machine is the connection of the formed grips with the tie-wires, and this will now be explained.

It will be remembered that the wire out of which the grips are formed is fed in a single strand intermittently. The tie wires are, however, fed into the machine in cut lengths appropriate to the particular use for which the completed ties are intended, and in order that the operation of the machine may be continuous a supply of these tie-wire-lengths is contained in a magazine is, located at the front side of the machine and in the vertical plane of the looper. This magazine consists of two parallel side pieces Z m, the former being secured to a bracket 01', bolted to a plate 0, supported in elevated position on standards p from the bed-plate, and the latter bein g secured to a vertical post q, supported by a standard 0", rising from the bed-plate on the opposite side of the magazine from the standard p. The magazine is thus practically only a narrow slit or passage-way adapted to receive and contain a plurality of wires one W upon another, but not wide enough to permit the wires to pass each other. The upper ends of the side pieces forming the magazine are preferably flared,as illustrated in Figs.1 and 6, to facilitate the introduction of the wires, and it is only intended that the ends of the wires where the grips are to be attached shall be supported in the magazine, the main or body portion of the wires being held in a trough conveniently located at the front side of the machine in line with the magazine. The manner of loading the tie-wires into the magazine 3, where a stop-plate 3' (see also Figs. 1 and 2) is located a sufficient distance inthe rear of the magazine to determine the distance the tie-wires are allowed to project through the same and also for the purpose of determining the length of a bend which is to be made in the ends of these wires, as will be explained farther on.

The magazine is provided with mechanism for ejecting the tie-wires therefrom one at a time, and at the completion of each of the grip-formin g operations before described one of the tie-wires is fed from the lower end of the magazine down to the grip and its end is inserted through the loop of the latter and secured thereto in a manner which will be more fully explained presently. As before described, the rotating head 3 has secured radially on its outer end the mandrel or former 2, on and around the lower end of which the grip is eration of the looper a and the dies e e. Extending lengthwise along the front edge of this mandrel is a guide-groove t, and at the completion of each grip-forming operation the mandrel stands vertically in line with the passage through the magazine and close against the side of the same.

At the bottom formed by the combined op-.

of the magazine there is a ledge u of a width considerably in excess of the width of the magazine itself. The lowermost wire in the magazine rests normally upon this ledge, and the end of the magazine stands just enough above the ledge to permit one wire at a time to be pushed laterally out of the magazine and over the ledge. For this purpose a finger c is arranged to slide crosswise under the bottom of the open end of the magazine and immediately above the ledge u. The finger is secured to the front end of a slide w, which moves in suitable ways in the plate 0 and has a roller projecting laterally from its rear end. This roller works in a slot 00 in the front end of a lever y, which is pivoted to a post rising from the bed-plate of the machine and is operated at its other end by risers on the periphery of a cam 2' on the end of the shaft f. The roller end of the arm is pressed upon the cam by a spring a and the inclination of the slot 00' is such that the depression of the front end of the arm withdraws the slide to and retracts the finger 1).

The cam ,2 moves in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, and the finger Q) is held between the lower end of the magazine and the ledge u until the riser b strikes the roller 0 when the finger 1: is withdrawn into the position shown in Fig. 6, so as to allow one of the tie-wires to fall upon the ledge. The rotation of the cam z continuing, the roller next rides upon the riser 0F, and the finger 'u' is thereby given a movement in a forward direction just sufficient to push the bottom tie-wire from under the end of the magazine off to the side of the ledge 10, across the edge of which works vertically a jaw e for the purpose of bending the portion of the tiewire projecting out of the rear'side of the magazine downwardly at an angle to the main wire, as illustrated in Fig. 10. This jaw e is connected to a slide a which works in a suitable guide in the vertical post q, forming one side of the magazine, and is operated by riserson the cam j through the intermediacy of a lever f pivoted on a post f and having a roller f at its end, a spring being preferably provided to keep the roller on the cam. The camj revolves in the direction of the arrow in Fig.2, and the roller f first rides on the riser f slightly depressing the jaw e for the purpose of closing, by means of its toe f, the vertical passage-wayf", extending downwardly and guiding thev tie-wires into proper position to the mandrel and the formed loop, as will be presently more fully described. The roller f next rides. upon the riser f thus giving the jaw e a further downward movement and causing its edge e tobend the projecting end of i he tie-wire downwardly. ledge u, as indicated in over the edge of the Fig. 10. The jaw c then immediately rises, and the roller 0 on the end of the lever y falls onto the lowest part d of the cam z, thereby giving the finger v a further forward movement for the purpose of pushing the bent tiewire 01f the edge of the ledge u and into the passage-way f and just prior to this last forward movement of the finger c the jaw c rises, so as to permit the tie-wire to fall into the passage-way. The finger 1: then remains in this position until the riser If on the cam z lifts the roller 0 and withdraws the finger to its fullest extent. The tie-wire is now ready to have its bent end passed through the loop of the grip, and to insure this threading of the end through the loop the passage f leading from the bottom of the magazine downwardly, coincides with the groove 6 in the mandrel .2, and working in the passage f is a hook 9 secured to a slide 9 guided in ways in the post q and the bracket-like extension 9 under the bed-plate and operated from the cam 71/2 on the shaft h by means of a lever 71- pivoted to a bracket h under the bed-plate and connected with the slide and having a roller h, which is preferably spring-pressed against the cam 7L2. The hook takes the tie-wire immediately that it has been pushed into the passage f by the finger o and carries it downwardly until its bent end is passed through the grip, While the latter is held by the looper and the dies 6 c. A band-spring Z)" is secured at one end to the plate 0 and rests against the edge of the post q, alongside the passage f As the wires are carried down by the hook 1 this spring holds them and prevents them from accidentally getting away from the hook. Immediately that the end is passed through the grip the hook 9 returns to its former position above the upper end of the guide f ready to catch the next tie-wire and leaving the end projecting through the grip. At this point a jaw t secured to the forward end of a slide t working in a groove in the rotary head y, is pushed forward along the under side of the looper a and bends the threaded end of the tie-wire back upon the wire itself, as shown in full lines in Fig. 11. The slide i is operated by means of a pivoted lever 2' which is connected to a yoke at the rear end of the slide and has a roller on its opposite end playing in a groove in a cam t' on the shaft j. This completes the connection between the grip and the tie-wire, and it only remains to fasten the same securely together by twisting the portions of the tiewire together. For this purpose the looper a and the head g, together with the mandrel z and the knife 20 and wire-stop 0c, are made rotatable by means of a gear-rack Z, sliding in ways in the bed-plate and operated by means of a roller projecting laterally from its end into the cam-groove on the main gear 6. As this rack reciprocates and it is desirable that the looper should revolve in one direction only, the rack engages with a pinion Z", having a ratchet-and-pawl connection with a gear Z which gears directly into the pinion Z' on the looper-stem, which pinion is elongated, as shown, for the purpose of permitting the stem to slide to and fro. The gear Z preferably has a circular recess in its side f, a spring a adjoining the pinion Z and this pinion has a disk 1, which fits into this recess and is provided with a tooth F. A spring-pressed pawl Z on the wheel Z engages this tooth when the pinion Z revolves in one direction, and the looper-spindle is thereby revolved; but when the rack Z returns the pinion Z is rotated in the opposite direction and the tooth Z slips past the pawl without rotating the wheel Z. Immediately after the bending of the end of the tie-wire by the jaw 2' the two portions of this wire are seized between a fixed and movable jaw m m each being provided with suitable adjusting devices and the jaw m being connected with a slide m operated by a cam-groove in the side face of the cam 2. Immediately after the grasping of the tie-wires in this way the dies 6 8' recede and the looper begins to turn, carrying with it the head 1 the mandrel z, the jaw 2' and the completed grip. The result of this revolution of the looper and the grip is that the portions of the tie-wire between the grip and the jaws m m are twisted together, as indicated in Fig. 12. As many revolutions of the looper and head may be given as is necesary to form the desired numberof twists in the wire, and at the completion of the operation the looper is left with the mandrel standing vertically in the position shown in Fig. 3, with its groove 6 corresponding with the guide f leading from the magazine. In order to insure the stoppage of the rotating devices in this position, the gear Z is provided with a hole Z and a pin n whichis connected to one end of the pivoted lever 72 and is arranged to be thrust into this hole to lock the parts in position at the moment that the desired revolutions of the looper are completed. The pin is operated by the levern whose opposite end works againsta cam 11 on the shaft being arranged to force the pin into the hole and the cam acting to withdraw it at the proper moment. An optional or additional arrangement for stopping the looper in the proper position is provided, consisting of a pivoted lever Z having a roller Z at its rear end acted on by acam Z on the shaftj. The front end of the lever enters a notch Z in the rear flange Z of the sleeve 1 on the front end of which the head 3 is carried. This notch is so located that when the end of the lever l enters it the looper stands in proper position to begin a new grip. The stem of the looper is connected by a groove and spline Z with the sleeve 3 so that it may slide therethrough and rotate the sleeve also. The tie, with the grip connected to it, having now been completed, the loopera and the fork i are withdrawn into the rotary head by the means already described, leaving the loop on the lower end of the mandrel, as shown in Fig. 12. At this point the loop is stripped from the mandrel by a stripper 0 which straddles the lower end of the mandrel and slides in a groove in the rotary head behind the mandrel, a spring 0 being provided for the purpose of keeping the stripper withdrawn. The stripper revolves with the head and looper, and when the looper stops the up per end of the stripper comes under the end of a pivoted lever 0 which has a roller 0 on its opposite end and is operated by a riser 0 on the cam i to depress the stripper and push the completed grip off the mandrel. Just before the stripperdescends the jaws m 117. open and the completed tie falls into the receptacle p under the machine.

In making the following claims to the abovedescribed machine we do not desire or intend to be limited to the particular construction of the individual devices except where so specified, as in the general combinations and arrangements considerable latitude is allowed in varying the details of the mechanical constrnctions.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, mechanism for bending the cut lengths into loop form to make the grips, mechanism for passing the ends of'the tiewires through the grips, and mechanism for twisting the ends of the tie-wires together.

2. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, a former or mandrel, a looper for bending the cut lengths around the mandrel or former to make the grips, mechanism for passing the ends of the tie-wires through the grips, and mechanism for twisting the tiewire ends together.

3. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for'cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, a mandrel or former, a looper for bending the cut lengths around the mandrel or former to make the grips, mechanism for passing the ends of the tie-wires through the grips, mechanism for bending the tie-wire ends back upon the wire, and mechanism for twisting the ends of the tie-wires together.

4. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire l feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, a mandrel or former, a looper for bending the wire around the mandrel or former to make the grips, mechanism for passing the ends of the tie-wires through the grips, mechanism for bending the tie- Wire ends back upon the wire, and mechanism for rotating the grips and thereby twisting the tie-wire ends together.

5. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, a mandrel or former, mechanism for looping the wire around the mandrel or former to make the grips, mechanism for passing the ends of the tie-wires through the grips, mechanism for bending the tie-wires back upon the wire, mechanism for rotating the grips and thereby twisting the tie-wire ends together, and mechanism for stripping the grips from the mandrel.

6. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting oif suitable lengths of the wire, a mandrel or former, mechanism for looping the wire around the mandrel or former to make the grips, mechanism for passing the ends of the tie-wires through the grips, mechanism for bending the tie-wire ends back upon the wire, mechanism for gripping and holding the tie-wire, and mechanism for rotating the grips and thereby twisting the ti re-wire ends together.

7. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, a mandrel or former, a looper for bending the wires around the mandrel or former to make the grips, dies for closing the ends .of the grips, mechanism for passing the ends of the tie-wires through the grips, mechanism for bending the tie-wire ends back upon the wire, jaws for clamping and holding the tie-wire, mechanism for rotating the grips and thereby twisting the tie-wire ends together while so holding, and mechanism for releasing the tie-wires and stripping the grips from the mandrel.

8. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, mechanism for bending the cut lengths into loop form to make the grips, a magazine for holding out lengths of tie-wires, mechanism for ejecting the tie-wires one at a time from the magazine and passing their ends through the grips, and mechanism for bending the ends of the tie-wires back and twisting the tie-wire ends together.

9. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, mechanism for bending the cut lengths into loop form to form the grips, a magazine for holding out lengths of tie-wires, mechanism for ejecting the tie-wires out of the magazine one at a time and bending their ends, mechanism for feeding the tie-wires laterally so as to pass the bent ends through the grips, mechanism for bending the tie-wire ends back on the wire, clamps for holding the ends of the tie-wire, and mechanism for rotating the grips and thereby twisting the tiewires together.

10. The combination of the reciprocating wire-guide, and the rotating head having the knife, the wire-stop, the mandrel, and the reciprocating looper.

11. The combination of the reciprocating wire-guide, and the rotating head having the knife, the Wire-stop, the mandrel, the reciprocating looper, and mechanism for locking the rotating head.

12. The combination of the reciprocating wire-guide, and the rotating head having the knife, the wire-stop, the mandrel, the reciprocating looper, and the dies for completing the grips. 7

13. The combination of the reciprocating wire-guide, and the rotating head having the knife, the wire-stop, the mandrel, the reciprocating looper, the dies completing the grips, and the stripper.

11. The combination of the rotary head, the recipcocating looper, the rack Z, the pinion Z engaging the rack, the elongated looper pinion Z the wheel Z the ratchet-and-pawl connection between the wheel and pinion Z and mechanism for reciprocating the looper.

15. The combination of the mandrel having a guide-groove in its face, the passage-way parallel therewith, and the hook for passing the wires down through the groove and passage-way.

16. The combination of the rotary head, the reciprocating looper, the rack Z, the pinion Z engaging the rack, the looper pinion, the wheel 1*, and the ratchet-and-pawl connection between the wheel and pinion.

17. The combination with the tie-wire magazine, of the ledge, the finger for ejecting the wires one at a time from the magazine across the ledge, and the reciprocating jaw for bending the wire over the edge of the ledge.

18. The combination with the tie-wire magazine, of the ledge, the finger for ejecting the wires one at a time from the magazine across the ledge, and the reciprocating jaw e for bending the wire over the edge of the ledge, the jaw having a toe f to confine the wire.

19. The combination of the tie-wire magazine, the ledge, the reciprocating jaw having the toe f and the edge e, and mechanism for operating the plunger first to confine the wire and next to bend the same over the corner of the ledge.

20. The combination with the tie-wire magazine, of the ledge, the guide-passage leading therefrom, the finger for ejecting the wires one at a time from the magazine over the ledge into the passage-way, and the hook for carrying the wires downward.

21. The combination with the tie-wire magazine, of the ledge, the guide-passage leading therefrom, the finger for ejecting the wires one at a time from the magazine over the ledge into the passage-way, the hook for carrying the wires downward, and the spring for holding the wires up to the action of the hook.

22. lhe combination of the tie-wire magazine, the ledge, the plunger having the toef to confine the wire, and the jaw e to bend the same over the edge of the ledge, the finger t", and mechanism for operating the finger to eject the wire from the magazine under the jaw.

23. The combination of the tie-wire magazine, the ledge, the plunger having the toe f toconfine the wire and the jaw c to bend the same over the edge of the ledge, the finger o, and mechanism for operating the finger first to eject the wire from the magazine under the jaw, and then to give it a further movement to push the wire from under the jaw off the'ledge.

2 1. In a machine for making wire ties, the combination of wire feeding mechanism, mechanism for cutting off suitable lengths of the wire, mechanism for bending the cut lengths into loop form to make the grips, mechanism for passing the ends of the tiewires through the grips, and mechanism for rotating the grips and thereby twisting the tie-wire ends together.

25. The combination of a mandrel having a guide groove in its face, the magazine, means for bending the ends of the tie-wires, the passage-way leading from the magazine, and the hook for passing the wires down through the passage-way with their bent ends in the groove.

26. The combination of the reciprocating wire-guide, the rotating head having the knife, the mandrel, and the reciprocating looper.

27. The combination with the tie-wire magazine, of the ledge, the reciprocating jaw to bend the end of the wire over the ledge, the passage leading downward from the ledge, the finger for ejecting the wires one at a time from the magazine over the ledge into the passage-way, and the hook for carrying the wires downward.

In testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands this 15th day of February, 1900.

Witnesses:

H. V. DORSEY, FRANK E. DAVIS. 

